I was thinking about this a few days ago and strangely, a friend of mine brought up this exact same scenario last night. If someone in your family has 'wronged' you (which has been the case with both of us), would you give them a kidney, (blood transfusion, bone marrow, etc) if you found out they were dying?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My brother is politically opposite of me. He is a staunch Conservative who voted for trump. I just need a call and I am there, he is my brother, he can have whatever he needs.
dalefvictor
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Aug 13, 2018
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The only ones in my family who've wronged me significantly enough are already dead. If they were still alive, I might donate to save my dad but my mother can fend for herself.
memorylikeasieve
Level 7
Aug 5, 2018
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Wronged me how? And do they have children, are they young, old an alcoholic drug addict? So many questions to ask first.
GreatNani
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Aug 5, 2018
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Hihi:
Obviously that's an excellent point. In our case - my friend's brother stopped talking to her over religious differences. In my case, my sister, well I don't even know. She was always not particularly nice to me, and when my parents moved several states away to be close to me so I could watch over them in their old age, she just kind of went ballistic. Disowned me and dissasociated from my mom.
@Hihi just depends. With the brother it would be a great show secular love that could possibly impact his views.
With the sister possibly the same. I suspect she may feel left out of unworthy of caring for your parents. If it’s something you would want, it could be an amazing opportunity to reconnect and reunite her with the family.
Me, I hope my parents have long term care insurance ?
Hihi:
@BeccaVa I would do this for my sister, only because of how it would affect my mother. My mom desperately wants to reconnect with her and certainly would not want anything bad to happen to her. I think my sister would prefer I rot in hell. She did not even call my mother when my mom found out she had breast cancer. I just don't understand how some people think or validate their decisions in life.
@Hihi I think, from what I have observed is people have very different feelings about their parents even in the same family. Different experiences and relationships. So you may not understand why your sister is the way she is, but there could be a reason, only known to her or understood by her.
I havent any family left that have wronged me and I have a brother somewhere who is 79 and I havent a clue about hi,. he is a real brother, and I haven't seen him for over forty years so no way I'd give it to someone I love.
jacpod
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Aug 5, 2018
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Hihi:
Well generally you wouldn't be in a position to give it to anybody at all. But if you were placed in a position of a life and death situation with this person, you would say no?
Hihi:
And what if you were the only match?
@Hihi Good heavens, NO. I had a do-goody Christian friend who donated one of her organs to a random person she met who needed an organ transplant. Something went wrong and last I heard she was struggling just to stay alive, alone, and broke. DON'T TRUST HOSPITALS if you have a choice.
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